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Dileep Rao is a Actor American born on 29 july 1973 at Los Angeles (USA)

Dileep Rao

Dileep Rao
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Birth name Dileep Rao
Nationality USA
Birth 29 july 1973 (50 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Dileep A. Rao (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared in feature films and television series. He starred in Sam Raimi's horror film Drag Me to Hell (2009), James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar (2009), and Christopher Nolan's thriller Inception (2010).

Biography

Rao est né à Los Angeles, Californie d'une mère médecin et d'un père ingénieur, tous deux d'origine indienne. Sa sœur est professeur à l'université de New York. Il a grandi à Yanbu en Arabie saoudite, à Denver dans le Colorado et à Claremont en Californie. Il est diplômé du lycée de Claremont et de l'université de Californie à San Diego, avec les titres de BA et de MFA décernés par l'American Conservatory Theater de San Francisco (où il a été le compagnon de classe d'Anna Belknap et d'Elizabeth Banks).

Après l'obtention de ses diplômes, Rao a décroché un premier rôle dans la pièce Indian Ink de Tom Stoppard. Rao a ensuite déménagé à Los Angeles et a joué pour plusieurs théâtres de la région, y compris pour le Berkeley Rep, South Coast Repertory et le Manhattan Theater Club.

Usually with

James Cameron
James Cameron
(3 films)
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
(2 films)
Zoe Saldana
Zoe Saldana
(3 films)
Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dileep Rao (9 films)

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Actor

Beeba Boys
Beeba Boys (2015)
, 1h43
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Randeep Hooda, Gulshan Grover, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Dileep Rao, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Roles Kash Sood
Rating50% 2.509472.509472.509472.509472.50947
Jeet Johar, a guarded, ruthless gangster within the very real criminal underground populated by second- and third-generation Indian immigants on Canada’s west coast. As Jeet competes with rival gangs for an increasingly shrinking turf, the single father and dutiful son is forced to violently demand respect, ensuring the Beeba Boys’ continued survival in Vancouver.
Murder of a Cat, 1h34
Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Fran Kranz, Greg Kinnear, Nikki Reed, J. K. Simmons, Blythe Danner, Ted Raimi
Roles Dr. Jag Mundhra
Rating53% 2.6520252.6520252.6520252.6520252.652025
When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton (Kranz), an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, Greta (Reed), and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town. But as Clinton searches for the truth, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than he anticipated.
Polis
Polis (2014)
, 5minutes
Genres Science fiction
Actors Parker Young, Dileep Rao
Roles Scientist 2
Rating60% 3.040673.040673.040673.040673.04067
Set in the distant future, Polis is a sci-fi thriller about David Porter, a young telepath whose search for his mother threatens to uncover a utopian society’s horrifying secrets.
Inception
Inception (2010)
, 2h28
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy
Roles Yusuf
Rating83% 4.197244.197244.197244.197244.19724
Dominick "Dom" Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) are "extractors", people who perform corporate espionage using an experimental military technology to infiltrate the subconscious of their targets and extract information while experiencing shared dreaming. Their latest target is Japanese businessman Saito (Ken Watanabe). The extraction from Saito fails when sabotaged by a memory of Cobb's deceased wife Mal (Marion Cotillard). Saito reveals that he was actually auditioning the team to perform the difficult act of "inception": planting an idea in a person's subconscious.
Avatar
Avatar (2009)
, 2h41
Directed by James Cameron
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Environmental films, Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about disabilities, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodríguez, Joel Moore, Giovanni Ribisi
Roles Dr. Max Patel
Rating76% 3.8059253.8059253.8059253.8059253.805925
By 2154, humans have depleted Earth's natural resources, leading to a severe energy crisis. The Resources Development Administration, RDA for short, mines for a valuable mineral – unobtanium – on Pandora, a densely forested habitable moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system. Pandora, whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans, is inhabited by the Na'vi, 10-foot tall (3.0 m), blue-skinned, sapient humanoids who live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess called Eywa.
Drag Me to Hell, 1h39
Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Demons in film, Ghost films, Witches in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barraza
Roles Rham Jas
Rating65% 3.2983853.2983853.2983853.2983853.298385
In 1969 in Pasadena, California, a couple seeks the aid of the medium Shaun San Dena (Flor de Maria Chahua) saying their son (Shiloh Selassie) has been hearing evil spirits' voices after stealing a silver necklace from gypsies. San Dena aids the family by carrying out a seance, but they are attacked by an unseen force that pulls the boy into Hell. The medium says she will encounter the force again one day.
The Old Hag Syndrome
Directed by Victor Salva
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors MyAnna Buring, Dileep Rao, Sean Maher
Roles Tumeric

As children, Rheanna and Annette are happy. However, after an evening of ghost stories and games with their friend Tara, what started as innocent fun soon turns into a nightmare. Rheanna, the youngest is murdered by the Old Hag Syndrome, leaving both Annette and her mother Pamela scarred. An older Annette, desperate to be closer to her mentally unstable mother, becomes an intern at the psychiatric hospital where her mother resides. After a number of paranormal encounters, some resulting in mysterious deaths, Annette becomes convinced that the Old Hag Syndrome is supernatural rather than psychological threat. The haunting and death of Pamela and the haunting of Tara's only daughter, pushes Annette to fight this creature before more lives are lost. As Annette is plunged into her own personal nightmare, the forces of evil conspire against her as she prepares to make her final stand, with the help of both hardened skeptic, Alex and the man of faith, Tumeric.
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Roles Dr. Max Patel